The recently refurbished Bank of Glen Jean building. Organized in 1909 by William McKell, the bank operated until 1939 when it was voluntarily closed.
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The Glen Jean school building.
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Early photo of the Glen Jean school.
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Home of William McKell in Glen Jean, West Virginia. The house was torn down in the early-1970's with the building of the Rt.19 expressway.
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Several of the wood-frame buildings from the early-1900's survived in Glen Jean until the 1970's.
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Smiths' Store in Glen Jean, as it looked in the late-1960's. The wooden building burned in 1980's.
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At the turn of the 20th century, a makeshift lumber railroad line hauled timber from the forests of Garden Grounds to a sawmill located in Glen Jean.
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1915 map showing showing numerous coal mining operations once located in the vicinity of Glen Jean.
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